| 单词 | prioress |
| 释义 | prioress noun[C] uk/ˈpraɪə.res/us/ˈpraɪ.res/a woman who is inchargeof aprioryor who is second inchargeof anabbey Compare priornoun abbess Religious people: monks & nuns
prioress noun[C] uk/ˈpraɪə.res/us/ˈpraɪ.res/afemaleprior 隐修院女院长 Examplesofprioressprioress The introductory essay provides a vivid account of some of the last abbesses and prioresses drawn mainly from episcopal and archiepiscopal visitation records. From theCambridge English Corpus In later years she was named theprioressof the convent. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She served asprioressfrom 1773 to 1779, and a second term from 1785. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The provost and the convent'sprioressstewarded its possessions together. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Silence was maintained unless theprioressgranted an exception for a specific cause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bishop visited the priory in 1294 and asked theprioressto resign. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The complement here was also small: generally five canonesses and theprioress. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theprioresswas instructed to take her meals in the refectory and to sleep in the dormitory, like the others. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moreover, neither theprioressnor the sub-prioresswere to allow boys--or indeed any secular persons--to sleep in the dormitory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aprioressis a monastic superior for nuns, usually lower in rank than an abbess. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes the conduct of theprioresswas found wanting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The present-day chteau was built as a residence for theprioressin 1780. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the age of 30 she had risen to the post ofprioress. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He explicitly recognised the right of the sisters to elect their ownprioress, although the bishop was to ordain their chaplain. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The priory was run by theprioresswho organized and administered the day to day life of the nuns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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